S7 | E8: Henry Modisett - Designing a unicorn AI startup from nothing

Imagine leading the design of an AI product that skyrockets to a billion+ dollar valuation in under two years…

That’s the story of Perplexity and today we get to hear from their founding designer and current Head of Design, Henry Modisett. Some of the highlights from this conversation:

• What it takes to thrive as a founding designer
• Why Henry likes hiring designers who can code
• The challenges of designing dynamic interfaces
• Why Henry didn’t want to anthropomorphize the AI
• The initial creative direction for the Perplexity brand
• The keys to making a consumer p ...